Well, the sad day has come and I had to sell my 2005 TC. The engine was starting to give out and I had to get out of it and into another car while it still ran.

If anyone wants to know the car only had 73k, but I was in a front fender collision a couple years ago and they fixed the cosmetics and said nothing was wrong internally. I found it not acting right, but time and time again Toyota said there was nothing wrong. My hunch is that there was something wrong and they missed it, but I will never know for sure if it was accident, me, or dumb luck that caused the engine to go bad.

I ended up purchasing a 2007 Mazda 6, so I left the Scion Family. I will forever love Scions and Scionlife. Which brings to question?

Does anyone know of a good website that supports Mazda 6 or Mazdas in general such as good ol' Scionlife? I want a site that it easy to navigate and find how-tos, parts, classified, etc such as this site. So far I have only found Mazda6club.com, but the site does not seem to respond to everything that I click on or it is a blind link. Any help is appreciated. Even a site with discount parts would be great to find, other than eBay.

 

Good luck with the 6! I'd like a MS3 some day... maybe.

As for forums, these have potential:
- mazdaforum.com
- mazda247.com <- lots of sponsors/tech

 

mazda 6 no speed 3?

 

congratulations on the 6. Thats a real car with actual sound deadening material included. I drove the 06 i believe a hour before I test drove, picked out my scion. I was sad at the driving experience difference, but it wore off quickly when confronted with the 10,000 more price tag. Nice car.

^^above why would you buy a 3 over a 6, no, tell me. Speed makes the 3 better, but you still know its a 3.

 

The 3 isn't a bad car as-is... but the speed3 makes it that much better for the price point.

 

price point i understand that, but SCIONICBOOM, neglected to talk about their upward price point category that they jumped into..

 

speed 3 accelerates 0-60 in 5.3 seconds..or something like that. If you ask me, thats a lot quicker then most cars on the road.

 

Sad to see you go, and unfortunately I don't know any Mazda groups. I do have a quick question for you though (a bit off topic). I have an 05 tC as well approaching the 72K mile mark and I've been noticing my car acting "different" also. What was yours doing to you to make you think it was going bad?

 

mazdaspeed6(atenza) was even better, 274 hp=)

ofcourse the speed3(axela) is 263 hp. there both still amazing cars. AWD,turbocharged,6speeds. jus amazing!

 

where did you get AWD?

 

woops shoulda said speed6 is AWD

 

Unfortunately I only got the 2.3L 6. It was used in perfect condition with a lot of additions and leather seats and I was in need of a cheap car cause I just bought my wife a new RAV4 and couldn't afford much more of a payment. I got the car for under 12K w/ just 29K miles on it. So I couldn't pass it up. Not much power but it is comfortable. I do miss the TC though.

GOINGCARCRAZY--- it was making a ticking noise, like a ball-bearing sound. I thought it was my pulley assembly, but I took it to a couple of mechanics and found that the noise was coming directly from my engine. I also noticed that I started to stall a lot in the past couple weeks. I've had the car almost 5 years and I've stalled it maybe twice. So I knew something was up. When it was cold the engine seemed to vibrate more than usual as well. Hope you have better luck with your issues.

If I had enough $$ I would definitely like a speed3 or speed6. But I'll deal with my 6 2.3L now and get about the same MPG as the TC. Of course if I had the money I might just have to buy another new TC and slap a turbo in it!

 

only speed6 is awd. read up on cars plox kthxbai

 

i corrected myself foo! jus typed everything too fast. still kidna sux that the ms3 is not awd